City to demolish eight houses in Burns Bottom
Columbus City Council on Tuesday agreed to demolish eight vacant houses in the Burns Bottom area to help support an ongoing Columbus Redevelopment Authority project in the area.
Restaurant tax: Joint restaurant tax resolution now unanimous
The Lowndes County Board of Supervisors have made it unanimous.
Restaurant tax: City OKs inter-local agreement with CVB
It took the Columbus City Council a matter of minutes to resolve the last apparent issue in a bid to extend the county wide 2-percent restaurant sales tax Wednesday.
Restaurant tax: Inter-local agreement clears CVB board on 5-4 vote
The Columbus-Lowndes Convention and Visitors Bureau board on Tuesday did its part to save a 2-percent county wide restaurant sales tax.
Restaurant tax: CVB again delays restaurant tax deal with city
Another last-minute wrinkle has delayed for at least another week the Columbus-Lowndes Convention and Visitors Bureau and the city reaching an inter-local agreement on dividing restaurant sales tax revenues.
Restaurant tax: CVB poised to accept city terms on restaurant tax
It appears The Columbus Convention and Visitors Bureau board is prepared to accept the city’s terms for an inter-local agreement on how to distribute 2-percent restaurant sales tax funds.
Restaurant tax: CVB backs off most recent requests on restaurant tax
Following fierce pushback from city officials, a few Columbus-Lowndes Convention and Visitors Bureau leaders appear to be backing off their proposed revisions to an inter-local agreement involving 2-percent restaurant sales tax funds.
Restaurant tax: City, CVB’s last minute requests stall tax talks
Last-minute requests from both the city and the Columbus-Lowndes Convention and Visitors Bureau board have again placed the future of a county-wide 2-percent restaurant sales tax in peril.
Restaurant tax: City works with CVB on restaurant tax solution
Columbus city councilmen are making a last-ditch effort to negotiate with the Columbus-Lowndes Convention and Visitors Bureau to renew a countywide restaurant tax set to expire in June.
Restaurant taxes a boon for area cities
The 2-percent restaurant tax collected in Lowndes County may change next year, following the Columbus City Council’s passing of an entirely new tax which would collect revenue only from city restaurants.
Supes deliver possible fatal blow to restaurant tax
Negotiations to renew Lowndes County’s 2-percent restaurant tax took a potentially fatal step backward Friday when the board of supervisors redoubled their efforts to keep any of the tax from being directly distributed for recreation.
Restaurant tax: Chism open to removing tax floor
District 37 Rep. Gary Chism offered mixed reviews to The Dispatch Thursday on suggestions that came out of a joint meeting of Columbus and Lowndes County leaders at Trotter Convention Center to discuss renewing the 2-percent restaurant tax.
Restaurant tax: Contentious city-county meeting yields few results
A frustrated Leroy Brooks stood up, put on his jacket and started gathering his belongings from the table in the Trotter Convention Center meeting room at which he had been seated for about two hours Thursday morning.
Supes agree to meet city on restaurant tax
On a day when the Lowndes County Board of Supervisors agreed to meet with the mayor and city council to discuss the future of the county’s restaurant tax, supervisors also took action on what could be considered some old business too.
Restaurant tax: City seeks meeting with county on restaurant tax
Columbus’ mayor and city council intend to formally seek a joint meeting with the Lowndes County Board of Supervisors to negotiate the terms of a resolution to renew the 2-percent restaurant tax.
Our View: A dereliction of duty
Tuesday night, the Columbus City Council held it regular meeting, breezing through a light agenda in a shade under 15 minutes.
Restaurant tax: CVB offers compromise on 2-percent tax
The Columbus-Lowndes Convention and Visitors Bureau offered its own compromise Monday to the debate between Columbus and Lowndes County on how to divide future 2-percent restaurant tax revenue.
Restaurant tax: CVB board make-up remains sticking point
Although no motions were made and no votes were taken, the Lowndes County board of supervisors agreed during Wednesday’s meeting to accept most of the proposed changes for a joint resolution with the city asking an extension of the county’s 2-percent restaurant sales tax.
Mayor: Foul language fouling up restaurant tax conversation
If Golden Triangle Development LINK CEO Joe Max Higgins arranges a joint meeting of Columbus and Lowndes County officials to negotiate how to divide a 2-percent restaurant sales tax, Mayor Robert Smith said he will not attend.
Restaurant tax: Mayor rejects LINK proposal dividing revenue
Columbus Mayor Robert Smith is rejecting a proposal to save a 2-percent restaurant sales tax, but he said he is open to continuing negotiations on how the tax revenue should be divided.